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BRYAN PROMISES
FULLESTSUPPORT
OF
Commoner Calls Upon President
Says People Must Unitedly Sup
port Any Action Taken by Govern
merit Will Speak In Behalf of In
creaslnn Food Supply.
WASHINGTON', April 16. PreBi
dent Wilson received Win. Jennings
Hryun at the wluto house tills morn
tuK. They conferred in the president's
rooms before lie went to his offices.
Mr. Bryan reltoraled to the presi
dent his offer recently made by tel
egraph to be of uny servlco ho could
to tbo government during the war.
After leaving the president Mr. Bry
an dictated a statement declaring his
Intention to support the government
in any war plans upon which it might
doclde. Ho declined, however, to dis
cuss conscription specifically.
In his futuro speeches about the
country, pending a call from the
government for his services, Mr. llry
an said he would lay special stress
on the food situation. Ho is gather'
Ing data along that line for use In
his addresses.
Calls on Provident.
"I called upon the president," Mr.
rirynn said, "to pay my respects nnd
confirm my telegram sent htm the
day a stato of war was declared to
exist. I do not caro to discuss any
question beforo congress. "Whatever
tbo government does is right, and I
shall support It to the uttermost
tako it for granted that the people
will unitedly support any action tak
en by the government. Iti'War time
tho president speaks for the whole
country and there should be no dl
vision or dissension.
"I havo a number of speaking
dates, made before this situation
arose. They can be cancelled at any
time my Fervlces are needed by the
government. Those meetings give mi
an opportunity of loving beforo the
audiences I address tho part citliens
run play In support of the govern
ment. I nm collecting now from gov
ernment sources such Information as
they desire to spread and shall uso It
both In speeches and In my paper.''
Mr. Bryan said he endorsed any
plan prohibiting the uso of grain for
making llnuor during the war.
Coiwrve Food Supply.
"I am in hearty sympathy," he
said, "with the effort to conserve the
food supply by not allowing the bread
to be shortened in supply in order to
lengthen the supply of alcohol. It Is
not wise to starve the people In order
to make them drunk."
lleforo railing on tho president,
Mr. Hryan conferred with Secretaries
lluker and Houston. Ho also plan
ned to see Secretary Daniels and
Postmaster lleneral Burleson. Mr.
Bryan left hero shortly after seeing
tho president for I.elghton, Pa where
ho speaks tonight. He plans to go
west by way of Lincoln soon nnd ar
rive In California early lu. May.
Begirding his offer to become a
private In !ho army Mr. Bryan said
lie made it because he believed In that
capacity he would bo with the largest
beily of citizens.
A MSTKK1 AM. April It!. - It Is as
serted In a dispatch received here
from Berlin that various villages In
tho Arras region which the British
official statement of April 1 1 reported
captured m-ic villages and pieces of
ground which the (leininus had vol
untaril evaluated secral diys pre
viously. "The I'nglUh press." says Hie dis
patch, "is circulating reports regard,
lug the piercing of the lllndenbun:
line. The F.ngllsh attempt to l.rc.i',
through was directed. however,
against old position held since 1!U.'.,
and despite local mu cessv It has
completely and filially railed.
"It Is not clear ii u the Knglih
press moans by the lliudenhure line
for nil lines aie lllndciihurg lines "
The funeral services at Perl's
chapel at 2 o'clock M,uula after
noon over the late Mis Marth II
Howard, vl(o of .lames s Howard,
were largely attend., I , relatives
and friends of tb f.imll.v The In
torment was in the Jacksonville lem
etery. Mr. and Mrs. K. J Hoover of Long
Bench, Oil., arrived In Medfoul on
Monday morning for a sc. ral das'
visit.
WAR
PLANS
OF
PRESS 10 BE LEFT
10
WASHINGTON, April 1G. Secro
taries Lansing, Daker and Daniels and
George Creel who compose tho new
government publicity bureau created
by President WIlBOn, held their first
meeting today to map out a course of
action.
The primary purpose of the bureau
It was stated ,was to profit Imme
diately by the mistakes made abroad
in imposing a military censorship on
the press at the beginning of the war
and to open to the public all proper
Information as to what the govern
mont is doing or Intends to do.
Details of the plan aro still to he
worked out. There will be no ef
fort to withhold any information ex
cept as such in the judgment of the
press Itself It would be unwise to
print. An advisory relationship with
the press representatives in Wash
lngton will bo established to secure
that end.
Indications are that no attempt
at direct censorship will be made.
The bureau will formulate after a
conference with the newspapermen
hero a sot of regulations for the
guidance of i -wspapor editors and
which It Is believed will be so clear
and Impose so few restrictions that
there ran be no mistake as to their
meaning. It will bo left to the pa
pers themselves to comply and thoro
Is no plan for watching tho columns
of the press.
It was explained that In tho view
of some niombers of the bureau
much of the secrecy that has sur
rounded army and navy matters In
Kurope has been unnecessary. There
Is no intention of building a system
of suppression In the United States.
DIED
PllOEBSTRIXG Dr. and Mrs. T.
0. Heine received word Monday of
the death at Wallace, Idaho, Sunady
morning of Mrs. Heine's father, E. L.
Proebstrlng, following an illness of
a week. The burial will probnbly be
n Medford.
Mr. Proebstrlng who was for many
years a prominent business man and
druggist of Wallace only recently
purchased the residence of T. E. Dan
iels In Medford, nnd Intended to lo
cate here permanently within a short
line. In fact that he was busv
losing up his affairs In Wallace
preparatory to the removal when he
was taken ill. His wife, who was
n Medford getting ready the new
home, was then summoned back to
Wallace.
KLIPPEI, Following a serious
Illness of three weeks Jacob Kllppel
a well known Medford veteran of the
lvll war, who was the first man to
enlist In the state of Illinois at tho
beginning of that war. died at his
home In this city Monday morning.
Tho funeral scrvolces will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
ho Weeks & McGowan chapel. The
Masons and I. A. It. will have charge
and Kev. J. C. Uolllns will officiate.
The burial will be in the Odd Fellows'
emetery at Jacksonville.
Mr. Kllppel who was 7S years old
and a bachelor is survived by a num
ber of nephews and nieces In Portland
and Medford. He had resided in Med
ford for 10 years and for 33 years
n Oregon. He enlisted for three years
at Springfield, 111., July 2., ISfil, n
I, Seventh Ulnois Infantry. In
Vcember. ISM, he re-enllsted and
served until the war's end, when he
was mustered out as corporal.
WIDEN GAPS IN GERMAN LINE
(Continued from Pago One.)
The (leniiiiut ns a rule are careful
air lighters and virluullv never at
tack unless Ihev outnumber the Hrit.
ili three o- lour to one. A Mticle
Herman machine i- ehloni iglileil.
They have come to he known
"glilii.- ii i r fighter-.." lint their fn.-li.-
f lung- in wait bifh ahoe Ibe fleecy
lends and darting m.n an isolated
docs not iHM-lurli the l!ritih
il ers.
The llritUli continue to m.lice the
air, not only Miiiiil their own lme.
but far into Herman territory, nnd
s.iv they nillurallv suffer I lie same
aMinltios as n ivolice force uonM
from encoiinterim: ambushed attacks
from outlaws. The weather contin
ues favorable to the (lennan nielli
oils of avoiding- open-nir conflicts.
Kven on the clearer days the skv i
tilled with clouds whieh offer pro-te.-tion
ami hiding places for the
higdi-winginir (icmian machines.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
IiHliiTes(ion.Oiioickaco
proves it. 2"eat all dnijgists.
BUSH CAPTURE
SI. QUINIEN AND
LENSJNPROGRESS
(Continued from Page One.)
Prcux at all costs. Its losses In this
fruitless attack were exceptional
heavy, as has been the case with all
tho Bavarian troops throughout the
wholo recent operations. Of the
prisoners taken by us since tho ninth
more than one-third ure Bavarians."
Itoth Towns Partly Taken.
LONDON, April 16. Although
British patrols have been in the
streets of Lens and General Halg's
men are in the outskirts of St. Quen
tln, the fall of neither of these towns
has as yet been officially announced.
The Germans, It is apparent, have
sent In their reserves and are mak
ing a desperate defense to enable
their engineers to complete the de
struction of the mines and factories
of Lens, which might have been use
ful to the allies.
Despite the fact that all along the
line between Lens and St.
Quentln the Germiin defensu
has stiffened, General Halg reports
The Triumphal' March
Yiuuwiittyr i W -U.
TT7HEN we announced
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were high. We knew that
we had the most unusual soft
drink that had ever been
offered: A beverage com
bining the nutritive extracts of
wholesome cereals, the zest of
Saazer Hops, a flavor all its
own, and absolute purity. We
knew this because, true to our
own ideals, we had experi
mented for years before we
were satisfied to say, "We offer
you Bevo it is a different soft
drink it is good and it is good
for you."
High as were our hopes for its
reception, we have realized
them far and beyond
1
our expectations.
Bevo today is an
established popular
success. Everywhere
the same question is
asked: "Have you
tried Bevo?"
today the capture of Vllleret, which
straightens his line northwest of St.
Quentln and anounces further pro
gress to the northwest of Lens.
Counter attacks which the Germans
have launched on Monchy and Lag
nicourt suggest that the British are
approaching dangerously near the
new German Hue. which according to
unofficial accounts the Germans had
no time to complete before the Brit
ish offensive was launched.
French in Alsace.
PARIS. April 16. -The French
penetrated the German second line
last night at several points In Al
sace. The war office reports that
great numbers of German dead were
found In the trenches which had been
torn up by the French shell fire.
Prisoners and booty were brought
back by the French.
Further gains were made by French
troops south of the Olse.
There was heavy artillery fighting
during the night In Alsace, Lorraine,
the Champagne. In the region of Sols
sons and Rheims and south of the
Olse. Between Soissons and Rhoims
the shell fire was particularly severe.
"Between St. Quentln and the Olse
we continued to direct a destructive
fire at the defenses of the Germans
who replied vigorously in the region
south of St. Quenin. South of the
Olse we made further progress east
ward on the plateau between Baris-
Is and Quincy-Basse and occupy sev-
oral points of Importance to the ene
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Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis
BLUMAUEH & IIOCH
Wholesale Dealers MKDFORD, ORE.
'Tcrvcd at drug storw and soft drir.k itnnds. Families tupplicd by grocers."
my. British patrols are In contact
with tho Germans on the western
edgo of the upper crest of Coucy.
Violent Artillery.
"Tho artillery fighting became ex
tremely violent during the nigh, on
the front between Solssons and
Khelms. In the Champagne we ens-
lily repulsed two surprise attacks.
I East of Auberlve Rrench patrols
brought back prisoners.
"In Loraine and Alsace French de
tachments after violent artillery pre
paration penetrated the ejiemy lines
at several points. In the forest of
Parroy we found numerous German
dead In the trenches blown up by onr
fire. In the Alsatian plain French
detachments at six points reached
the second German line and Inflict
ed serious losses on the enemy. Pris
oners and material were brought
back."
"MAY HAVE TO FEED
6 SELVES," WARNS GEORGE
LONDON, Apr. 16. "We may have
to feed our army and navy as well as
ourselves on home-grown food," said
Premier Lloyd-George in a letter that
was read at a meeting tonight of the
Norwich-Norfolk Agricultural confer
ence. The letter was addressed to
"All workers on land," and appealed
to them to do their utmost to help
raise all food possible.
- Wlth Medford trade Is Medford made.
Now, one final word. We
promise you that, in accord
with the known principles of
Anheuser-Busch and all its
products, Bevo not only will
forever maintain its present
high standard of quality, but
as time goes on our great
endeavor shall be to make
this soft drink even more
perfect in every detail of its
goodness.
You will find Bevo at inns,
restaurants, groceries, depart
ment and drug stores, picnic
grounds, baseball parks, soda
fountains, dining cars and
other places where refreshing
beverages , are sold.
Guard against substi
tutes. Have the bot
tle opened in front of
you, first seeing that
the seal is unbroken
and that the crown top
bears the Fox.
BUTTE FALLS SENDS
FIVE TO LI. S.
Five younjr men of Hiitto Falls
were enlisted in the navy in that
town Siiturdiiy by Quartermaster
Norstrum of the Medford navy re-cmiting-
office, assisted by l'oslnius
ter (leorgc W. llnrber nnd Mayor
Mills. Two other applications were
rejected because of physical limita
tions. Nortsnim was nble to return
to Medford on the sumo train lie went
to Butte Falls on, ns the conductor
held it for an hour until the men were
enlisted. The recruits arc C. Ii. nnd
N. J. Stewart, brothers, and S. II.
.Claspill, W. J. O'Hrien and It. L.
lluyes.
LONDON, Apr. 16. The Sunday
Observer, under a large headlino.en
tltled "the American Ambassador"
says: No successor to Lowell could
have done more, first to prevent fric
tion from leading to disaster, then to
bring about an epoch-making broth
erhood which means the turning point
for civilization. When Ambassador
Page came here he was little known
Through infinitely trying circum
stances of stress, difficulty and doubt
he never failed in tact or wisdom.
We hope he knows the extent to
which the respect, confidence and lik
ing he began to win from the first
have ripened amongst us to a grate
ful admiration and affection."
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M
AN OPERATION
AVERTED
Phlladelphiai Pa. "One year ago I
was very sick and I suffered with pains
tin my side and back
until I nearly went
crazy. I went to
differentdoctorsand
they all said I had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until I would
be operated on. I
had suffered forfour
years before this
time, but I kept get
ting worse the more
medicine I took. Every month since I
was a young girl I had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. I saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of a woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was im
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
upmymindsolsentmy husband to the
drug store at once for a bottle of Lyij
E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, I soon noticed a change and
when I had finished the third bottle I
was cured and never felt better. I grant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. " Mrs.THOS. McGON
jgal, 8432 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa,
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1 Three-year old registered Jersey
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1 bay mare 7 years old, weight
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1 Mitchell, Lewis & Stavor rubber
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1 farm wagon and frame.
1 9x30 40-ton Wcyhhauser silo.
1 Sharpies cream separator.
1 hay carrier and Jackson fork with
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1 Dabcock milk and cream tester.
24 stanclons, 12 10xl2-41t. sash.
1 light delivery wagon with top and
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West End of Main Street.
Phone 344-X.
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catarrh, diphtheria, sore throat,
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XO OPERATION'.
Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18, 1917
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that I, the un
designed, had very severe stomach
trouble and had been bothered for
several years and last August was not
expected to live, ana hearing of Olm4
Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 241
South Front street in Medford) I de
cided to get herbs for mv stomach
trouble, and I started to feeling bet
ter as soon as I used them, and today
am a well man and can heartily rec
ommend anyone afflicted as I was to
see GIm Chung and try his Herbs.
Ibigncd) W. R. JOHNSON,
Witnesses:
M. A. Anderson, Medford.
S. B. Holmes. Facia Pnln
Frank Lewis, Eagle Point.
Win. Lewis, Eagle Point
W. L. Chlldreth, Eagle Point.
P ! Mnna n.,
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J. V. Mclntyre, Eagle Point.
Geo. B. Von der Hellen, Eagle Point.
Thos. E. Nichols, Eagle Point.
Bud Lawrentz
has purchased an inteerst with O.
F. Williams in the
Medford 4
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All kinds of cleaning work guar
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Automobile owners, do you know
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There are mony blended oils shoved I
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The three highest grade oils of paraf
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and Valvoleno.
We Sell the Monogram and
v Harris Oils
Good oils make less carbon, less
"earing of machinery and keeps your
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